1978-79 New York Rangers Team Gamelog

Record: 40-29-11 (91 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 316 (4th of 17), Goals Against: 292 (13th of 17)
SRS: 0.40 (6th of 17), SOS: 0.10 (2nd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Los Angeles Kings

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
							Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1978-10-12		Philadelphia Flyers	3	3	T	30	19	3		0	25	33	2		1
2	1978-10-15		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	31	10	0		0	13	8	1		0
3	1978-10-18		Detroit Red Wings	3	3	T	33	17	0		0	24	17	0		0
4	1978-10-19	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	2	T	17	11	1		0	31	11	0		0
5	1978-10-21	@	New York Islanders	3	5	L	25	10	3		0	25	14	2		0
6	1978-10-22		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	2	W	35	8	1		1	26	10	1		0
7	1978-10-25		Vancouver Canucks	6	2	W	29	15	1		0	28	13	1		1
8	1978-10-28	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	1	W	28	10	0		0	31	4	0		0
9	1978-10-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	2	W	33	18	1		0	28	18	0		0
10	1978-11-02	@	Colorado Rockies	3	0	W	27	10	1		0	26	8	0		0
11	1978-11-04	@	Los Angeles Kings	7	3	W	37	16	1		1	24	10	1		0
12	1978-11-05	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W	29	17	0		0	24	13	0		0
13	1978-11-08		Minnesota North Stars	3	5	L	38	12	0		0	24	14	2		0
14	1978-11-11	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	1	W	33	15	0		0	47	13	1		0
15	1978-11-12		New York Islanders	3	5	L	34	10	2		0	21	20	2		0
16	1978-11-15		Chicago Black Hawks	8	1	W	39	13	2		1	33	15	0		0
17	1978-11-18	@	Minnesota North Stars	7	2	W	36	22	1		0	34	18	0		0
18	1978-11-19		Atlanta Flames	1	3	L	30	4	1		0	19	8	0		0
19	1978-11-22		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	3	T	22	41	1		0	26	31	0		0
20	1978-11-26		Washington Capitals	9	4	W	30	4	0		0	23	4	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1978-11-29	@	Atlanta Flames	5	3	W	32	6	1		0	36	10	0		0
22	1978-12-02	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	5	L	32	15	1		0	36	17	2		0
23	1978-12-03		Boston Bruins	2	3	L	20	6	0		1	23	10	0		0
24	1978-12-06		St. Louis Blues	7	4	W	33	10	0		1	26	6	1		0
25	1978-12-07	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	2	W	30	9	1		0	21	15	0		0
26	1978-12-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	5	L	30	19	1		0	35	13	1		0
27	1978-12-10		Philadelphia Flyers	0	4	L	28	19	0		0	29	32	1		1
28	1978-12-13		Los Angeles Kings	8	7	W	37	10	3		0	27	6	2		0
29	1978-12-16	@	Boston Bruins	1	4	L	21	2	0		0	28	4	0		0
30	1978-12-17		Boston Bruins	1	4	L	19	10	0		0	27	6	1		0
31	1978-12-20		Buffalo Sabres	6	3	W	34	21	3		0	28	21	1		0
32	1978-12-22		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W	33	29	2		0	19	27	0		0
33	1978-12-23	@	New York Islanders	4	9	L	31	50	0		0	36	14	3		0
34	1978-12-26	@	Atlanta Flames	5	3	W	43	6	1		0	23	10	1		0
35	1978-12-28	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	6	L	25	36	2		0	32	26	1		0
36	1978-12-30	@	Chicago Black Hawks	5	4	W	32	46	1		0	35	28	3		0
37	1978-12-31		Atlanta Flames	5	6	L	27	10	3		1	27	18	2		1
38	1979-01-03		Montreal Canadiens	6	2	W	26	8	0		0	27	6	1		0
39	1979-01-05		Vancouver Canucks	6	4	W	28	35	0		1	26	18	2		0
40	1979-01-09	@	St. Louis Blues	5	3	W	38	12	2		0	24	10	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1979-01-10	@	Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	33	11	1		0	24	9	0		0
42	1979-01-14	@	Atlanta Flames	6	4	W	29	9	0		0	28	7	1		0
43	1979-01-15		Minnesota North Stars	1	8	L	34	32	0		0	21	20	3		0
44	1979-01-17		New York Islanders	5	3	W	39	18	1		0	25	22	0		1
45	1979-01-20	@	St. Louis Blues	2	3	L	31	16	1		0	22	8	0		0
46	1979-01-21		Philadelphia Flyers	5	5	T	36	10	1		0	25	12	1		1
47	1979-01-24	@	Washington Capitals	1	5	L	18	19	0		0	34	15	2		0
48	1979-01-25	@	Buffalo Sabres	5	4	W	21	6	0		0	39	4	1		0
49	1979-01-27	@	New York Islanders	7	2	W	33	22	2		0	25	22	1		0
50	1979-01-30	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W	36	16	0		0	47	8	0		0
51	1979-01-31	@	Colorado Rockies	4	5	L	42	4	0		0	22	8	0		0
52	1979-02-03	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L	34	6	2		0	33	10	0		0
53	1979-02-14		Boston Bruins	5	1	W	32	16	2		0	22	40	0		0
54	1979-02-15	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	4	L	30	6	2		0	30	8	1		0
55	1979-02-17	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W	27	6	1		0	32	10	2		0
56	1979-02-18		Washington Capitals	6	6	T	32	11	0		0	30	17	1		0
57	1979-02-21		St. Louis Blues	7	3	W	50	40	2		0	19	58	1		0
58	1979-02-24	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	W	49	14	0		0	32	16	1		0
59	1979-02-25		New York Islanders	3	2	W	34	21	1		0	16	26	2		0
60	1979-02-27	@	St. Louis Blues	1	4	L	30	16	0		0	23	14	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1979-02-28	@	Minnesota North Stars	4	4	T	39	8	2		0	34	10	0		0
62	1979-03-03		Buffalo Sabres	2	2	T	23	20	1		0	25	20	1		1
63	1979-03-04		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	4	L	35	4	0		0	16	8	2		0
64	1979-03-07		Colorado Rockies	5	3	W	33	10	1		1	26	8	1		1
65	1979-03-10	@	Montreal Canadiens	6	3	W	32	8	1		0	30	4	1		0
66	1979-03-11		Chicago Black Hawks	5	2	W	34	17	1		0	24	23	2		0
67	1979-03-14		Atlanta Flames	4	6	L	23	8	0		0	28	4	1		0
68	1979-03-15	@	Boston Bruins	7	4	W	22	16	2		0	25	15	1		0
69	1979-03-17	@	New York Islanders	2	5	L	41	15	1		0	23	19	3		0
70	1979-03-18		Pittsburgh Penguins	1	5	L	29	18	1		0	29	14	3		0
71	1979-03-20	@	Washington Capitals	2	2	T	22	16	1		1	32	14	1		0
72	1979-03-21	@	Chicago Black Hawks	7	6	W	38	6	1		0	45	26	0		0
73	1979-03-25		Montreal Canadiens	0	1	L	25	4	0		0	30	4	0		0
74	1979-03-27		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	27	8	0		0	24	17	2		1
75	1979-03-28	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	7	L	29	17	0		0	42	11	0		1
76	1979-04-01	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	7	L	18	15	2		0	43	19	0		1
77	1979-04-02		Los Angeles Kings	5	4	W	27	22	2		0	28	14	2		1
78	1979-04-04		Atlanta Flames	3	3	T	39	19	1		0	20	15	2		0
79	1979-04-06	@	Atlanta Flames	2	9	L	25	17	1		0	35	17	1		0
80	1979-04-08		New York Islanders	2	5	L	25	12	0		0	15	12	2		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1979-04-10		Los Angeles Kings	7	1	W		30	27	3		0	32	21	1		0
2	1979-04-12	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	1	W	OT	43	12	0		0	36	24	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
3	1979-04-16	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	OT	24	8	1		0	32	12	1		0
4	1979-04-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	7	1	W		36	23	3		1	33	29	0		0
5	1979-04-20		Philadelphia Flyers	5	1	W		25	27	0		1	33	31	0		0
6	1979-04-22		Philadelphia Flyers	6	0	W		30	14	1		1	28	22	0		0
7	1979-04-24	@	Philadelphia Flyers	8	3	W		23	16	1		2	28	16	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
8	1979-04-26	@	New York Islanders	4	1	W		38	24	1		0	22	26	0		0
9	1979-04-28	@	New York Islanders	3	4	L	OT	37	24	1		0	37	18	0		0
10	1979-05-01		New York Islanders	3	1	W		32	16	0		0	17	14	0		0
11	1979-05-03		New York Islanders	2	3	L	OT	30	19	0		0	26	19	0		0
12	1979-05-05	@	New York Islanders	4	3	W		30	6	0		0	28	6	0		1
13	1979-05-08		New York Islanders	2	1	W		27	8	1		0	22	10	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
14	1979-05-13	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	1	W		22	16	2		1	32	22	0		0
15	1979-05-15	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	6	L		25	18	0		0	33	16	1		0
16	1979-05-17		Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L		20	10	0		0	23	14	1		0
17	1979-05-19		Montreal Canadiens	3	4	L	OT	21	12	0		0	42	10	0		0
18	1979-05-21	@	Montreal Canadiens	1	4	L		15	4	0		0	31	4	1		0

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